Wilder Future

Over the last century, there has been a devastating loss of wildlife and wild places across Scotland’s land and seas.

Once familiar species such as house sparrows, hedgehogs and tortoiseshell butterflies are becoming increasingly rare, and the habitats they rely on are shrinking as we change our landscape.

But, as otters and ospreys have demonstrated during this time, it is possible for species to bounce back. Whilst many animals and plants are facing uncertain futures, it’s not too late to help them recover.

Will you join us in taking action for wildlife so that we can all enjoy a wilder future?

Did you know that1 in 9 species inScotland is at riskof extinction…

A story retold…

It was at the beginning of the last century that Scottish author Kenneth Grahame first published The Wind in the Willows. In 2019, The Wildlife Trusts re-imagined this famous tale in the following film trailer, highlighting just a few of the impacts that humans have had on the natural world.